Philip Glass was the muscial guest in 1985. Played Rubric from Glassworks, possibily the least-mainstream SNL performance ever. Different times.

Thank you. I watched it and it is awesome!

Do you have a link or copy of the NPR?

There's a fourth one, apparently from before the My Song album was out. Look for the recording of the European quartet live performance in Berkeley, CA, from November 15, 1977.

@@emmanma OH MY GOD WHAT

@@emmanma you just MADE MY DAY!!!!!

@@NicolasdeFerran Great. And there's yet another one from the same year (1977), November 20, in a live performance in NY. You can find it on YT

Can u send my the score of my song?

Well, then, my friend, this is a perfect place to start transcribing. You’ve got to start somewhere as an improviser or your ear never gets any better. The harmonic progression here should be simple enough that it won’t fool you or throw you off. Don’t even worry about inversions at first- just get the basic harmonic form and transcribe keiths melodies. And after that’s done, you’ll have improved 2 or 3 levels. And the next one won’t seem so daunting either. And that’s the way we do that, in jazz. It’s a time honored tradition that every musician hates at first but as they do it more comes to realize how absolutely essential it is. Good luck!

@@matthewnewton8812 thank you!

I have the transcription

@@matthewnewton8812 Yeh. I don't transcribe songs. I listen to them over and over and over to enjoy them. Then...if I want to play like the cat who I spent time appreciating, I will simply pick out shit that interests me and play that. See...I think transcription is a waste of time if you (wait for it) want to sound like yourself. PLUS...some of the best cats I've ever heard never learned how to freaking read music. These cats' approach to soloing is visceral and elemental in its depth and beauty. Far beyond what I could reach as an experienced sight-reader. Blind musicians have this visceral sense. It's all audio for them and has nothing to do with an intellectual analysis of a piece of music but everything to do with communicating what they are feeling to the widest possible audience they can reach.

As of a few years ago it was very easy to buy this particular Saturday Night Live Episode on iTunes for a few dollars

Ok I took a quick look and it is still available on iTunes for $2. (KJ has two performances on the show). Just search for Jarrett Saturday Night Live and you will find it

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until 1:30 min it's an improvised intro.

You mean he got better after April 1978? He’s better now than then? (No.)

@@charold3 No. His peak was 1973.

@@HermanIngram How do you figure that?

@@HermanIngram I don’t think it’s about him getting worse it’s just his aesthetic changed. He played amazing solos and had amazing bands in the 70’s, but his more contemporary solo concerts reach places he could never do in the 70’s, even the köln one imo

That’s not what he’s about. He was never going to advance piano technique or the jazz lexicon. He was about playing lyrically and making that the centerpiece of his performance. Which is in direct contrast to what a lot of his contemporaries were doing. So although Keith is the huge name, he’s almost the Bix Biderbeck of his era because he was always pushing back and arguing to slow down as much as possible and appreciate the moment you experience music because it’s so fleeting and precious and even more precious when you play the right note. So if you’re looking for a John Coltrane type messiah figure who would keep pushing and pushing and moving forward, that was never going to be Keith Jarrett. There are tons of current, gigging and recording pianists who do that. Keith was pushing back on everything and arguing that the melody came before anything else. If that alone was the only thing he accomplished in his career it would’ve been a necessary voice. Plus, you know, Köln, Miles Davis 2nd quintet, Art Blakey, the European quintet, countless solo concerts.....so....did he get “better”? Like, could his left hand match Gonzalo Rubalcabas? Probably not. But I listen to those two guys for totally different reasons.